DECEMBER 26,
1861:
Almost the cause of an Atlantic war, “The TRENT Affair” ends in an embarrassment for the United States
when Confederate Commissioners Mason and Slidell are released and are allowed
to re-embark for London. Although Her Majesty’s Government gives them an
audience, Mason and Slidell are unsuccessful in gaining British recognition of
the Confederacy. Public opinion is against the South (though upper class
opinion is pro-Southern), and Britain gets 30% of its grain from the U.S.
Foodstuffs ultimately outweigh cotton in the government’s view.
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